Beneath the image is inscribed a biblical passage from Daniel: “Many will pass through, and their knowledge will become ever greater.” The picture implies that learning comes only from taking chances; but for those daring enough to pass through the metaphorical Pillars of Hercules and brave the treacherous waters of the unknown Atlantic, the rewards would be great. The image evokes the confident aspirations of those who promoted the advancement of scientific learning in the Renaissance. source: New Atlantis front cover
"Tempore Patet Occulta Veritas" - 'Time brings forth hidden truth', on the front plate of his Masonic blueprint New Atlantis.
Woodblock illustration on title-page of Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis, published together with and as an appendix to Sylva Sylvarum, 1st edition 1626 and 2nd edition 1627, printed in London by J. Haviland for W. Lee.The picture depicts Time, in the form of Saturn (Cronos) or Pan, drawing forth Truth, in the form of a naked woman, from a cave. Time holds a scythe in his right hand, whilst he grasps Truth’s left wrist with his left hand. At his feet, and standing upright between them, is an hour-glass. The Latin motto in the circular border reads ‘Tempore Patet Occulta Veritas’, translated as ‘Time brings forth Hidden Truth’.Not only is this a true axiom concerning life itself, in which the divine wisdom has been concealed in matter and waits for us to gradually discover and bring it forth from its hiding place, but also is a statement concerning the Baconian method for training us in the art of discovering truth. Bacon considered that the best method would be one that imitates the divine method—one that Solomon (in Proverbs) refers to as a game of hide-and-seek.Another name for Time, besides Saturn, Cronos and Pan, is Janus. As Bacon pointed out, Janus is associated with the Imagination, as also with Brahma, the Poet-Creator. In symbolism their three visible faces look to the left, right and forward, signifying looking to the past, present and future (or to sense, reason and action), whilst their hidden face looks to the hidden source. source: New Atlantis Title Page
Saturn is Ham and Ham had actually lived in Atlantis, the antediluvian world.
Look around you. Do you know the season?
As it was in the days of Noah, so it is today.
Prepare for the coming of the Lord!